Jos Buttler says England’s one-day contingent will be sad to see the head coach, Trevor Bayliss, go next year but is already planning a grand farewell at the 2019 World Cup.

Bayliss has revealed he will step down when his contract expires at the end of next summer, setting in train a long goodbye which culminates in pursuit of two of the sport’s biggest prizes on home turf.

While the Test team will be focusing on reclaiming the Ashes, the limited-overs squad, whose tour of Australia begins with a warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI in Sydney on Thursday, are shooting for a first World Cup title. The fact that is even a realistic possibility is down to the radical overhaul of England’s white-ball cricket under Bayliss, who has turned them into one of the world’s most free-flowing units.

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“Hopefully we can send him off on a high,” Buttler told BBC Radio 5 Live. “Trevor’s been fantastic for us, he creates a brilliant atmosphere around the team which allows people to go out and play in that free fashion.

“He doesn’t miss a beat, he sees everything that goes on and his great strength is he’s a great man manager. He really looks after people and gives them confidence. Any coach who can make the player feel 10 feet tall when they go out is fantastic.”

Buttler, who will earn his 100th ODI cap when the series proper gets under way in Melbourne on Sunday, has spent the past few weeks in Australia on Big Bash duty with Sydney Thunder. While an Ashes campaign he once hoped to be part of ended in a 4-0 defeat, he was finding his hitting range in the Twenty20 format. And he accepts it is up to the likes of him to lift the spirits of the Test squad.

“It was a tough series for England,” Buttler said. “But I think the guys will dust themselves down. The ones who are still here seem in good spirits and I’m sure they will be looking forward to the white-ball arena and the freedom that brings.”

Alex Hales and Jason Roy are set to go head-to-head against CA for the right to partner Jonny Bairstow in the series opener in Melbourne on Sunday.

Joe Root, who struggled with a sickness bug towards the end of the final Ashes Test, skipped net practice on Wednesday though he was feeling well enough to referee the traditional football warm-up. He is highly unlikely to be risked at the Drummoyne Oval.

Hales has not played for his country since the late-night incident in Bristol in September, for which Ben Stokes is still awaiting clearance or charge from the Crown Prosecution Service. Hales was originally suspended alongside the all-rounder but has returned to the squad after it was made clear no charges would be brought against him.